Georgia § 46-5-126 - Cooperation by commission and telephone industry.
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§ 46-5-126. Cooperation by commission and telephone industry.
The authority shall coordinate its activities with those of the Public Service Commission, which shall encourage the Georgia telephone industry to activate facility modification plans for a timely 9-1-1 implementation. (Ga. L. 1977, p. 1040, § 7; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1017, § 15; Ga. L. 2005, p. 660, § 9/HB 470; Ga. L. 2007, p. 318, § 2/HB 394; Ga. L. 2018, p. 689, § 2-5/HB 751.) The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, substituted "9-1-1" for "'911'" in this Code section. The 2018 amendment, effective January 1, 2019, substituted "authority" for "agency" near the beginning of this Code section. See Editor's notes for applicability. Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2007, p. 318, § 2, effective July 1, 2007, reenacted this Code section without change. Ga. L. 2018, p. 689, § 4-1(b)/HB 751, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "The provisions of this Act shall not in any manner diminish, extinguish, reduce, or affect any cause of action for audits, services, or the recovery of funds from service providers which may have existed prior to January 1, 2019. Any such cause of action is expressly preserved."
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